House of Nationalities

House of Nationalities အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော် Amyotha Hluttaw
2nd Amyotha Hluttaw
Type
Type	Upper house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
History
Founded	31 January 2011 (2011-01-31)
Preceded by	People's Assembly (1974-1988)
Leadership
Speaker	Mahn Win Khaing Than, NLD Since 3 February 2016
Deputy Speaker	Aye Thar Aung, ANP Since 3 February 2016
Structure
Seats	224 MPs
Amyotha Hluttaw political groups	NLD (135)      USDP (11)      ANP (10)      SNLD (3)      TNP (2)      ZCD (2)      MNP (1)      NUP (1)      PNO (1)      Independents (2)      Military (56)
Elections
Amyotha Hluttaw last election	8 November 2015
Meeting place
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Complex, Naypyidaw
Website
www.amyothahluttaw.gov.mm

     NLD (135)
     USDP (11)
     ANP (10)
     SNLD (3)
     TNP (2)
     ZCD (2)
     MNP (1)
     NUP (1)
     PNO (1)
     Independents (2)

The House of Nationalities (Burmese: အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်, IPA: [ʔəmjóðá l̥ʊʔtɔ̀] Amyotha Hluttaw) is the upper house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 224 member of which 168 are directly elected and 56 appointed by the Myanmar Armed Forces. The last elections to the Amyotha Hluttaw were held in November 2015. At its second meeting on 3 February 2016, Mahn Win Khaing Than and Aye Thar Aung were elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw and Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw as a whole.